Not bad :)

Doru

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 8:11 AM, jannik.laval <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Aug 2, 2012, at 10:28 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2012, at 10:17 PM, jannik.laval wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I tried the VM included in Moose (moosetechnology.org).
>>> If I remember well, it is a cog vm.
>>>
>>> The maximal heap size is (precisely): 2138046463 bytes.
>>> Why this number ? I don't know. But I will need more than 2Gb.
>>
>> HI jannik
>>
>> was the system usable?
>> Because the problem with more memory is that you need specific GCes.
>
> It seems.
> I built a DSM on a 1300 packages system.
>
> Jannik
>
>>
>> Stef
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I will try the 64bits vm, and see.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jannik
>>>
>>> On Aug 1, 2012, at 7:51 PM, David T. Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi John,
>>>>
>>>> There is no regression in the interpreter VM ... well actually there was
>>>> about 6 months back, but I keep an eye on it and it's fixed again now :)
>>>>
>>>> The 32-bit interpreter VM will not fail on any 2GB or 4BG boundaries,
>>>> and an interpreter VM compiled for the 64-bit object format can handle
>>>> images greater than 7GB (probably much more, but my 8GB PC is too small
>>>> to do anything larger).
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if all of the necessary fixes are in place for the StackVM
>>>> and Cog. If not, I'm sure it will be addressed over time (it's just not
>>>> something that I have ever checked).
>>>>
>>>> I believe that Jannik is interested in running very large images, at
>>>> least on an experimental basis. For anything over a few GB, this requires
>>>> an interpreter VM and a 64-bit image. As you know, this is sure to run
>>>> into problems for the garbage collector as the number of objects
>>>> increases, but it would certainly be interesting to see how far the
>>>> current garbage collector can go in real world conditions before it
>>>> turns to mollasses.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 08:57:02AM -0400, John McIntosh wrote:
>>>>> A few years back the interpreted virtual machine was fixed to allow an
>>>>> image to grow to the 4 GB limit.
>>>>> It is unclear to me if someone regressed the software to impose a 2GB 
>>>>> limit
>>>>> again, or if the 2GB number
>>>>> mentioned is based on how things worked10 years ago?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 5:01 AM, St?phane Ducasse
>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 31, 2012, at 11:46 PM, johnmci wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> David Lewis and I spent a far amount of time a few years back  to make
>>>>>> the 32
>>>>>>> vm 4gb clean. So are you running on stale knowledge here, or does the vm
>>>>>>> crash when to goes over 2gb?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> sorry my english limit does not let me know understanding what you mean
>>>>>> exactly.
>>>>>> Jannik in the context of moose would like to see if we can have image
>>>>>> larger than 500 mb (on mac it should be possible).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Stef
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Jannik Laval
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> ---
> Jannik Laval
>
>



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